In reversal, conservation group supports formation of new Alaska Native corporations | #alaska | #politics
Ketchikan (Getty Images) The conservation group The Wilderness Society has changed its position and now supports a bill that would create five new Alaska Native corporations in Southeast Alaska. It historically opposed the creation of the new corporations. Others have criticized the legislation for putting public lands into the hands of for-profit entities. Senate Bill […]
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Proposal seeks Alaska library funds cut over drag story time | #alaska | #politics
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The leaders of a southeast Alaska borough plan to hear a proposal that would cut library funding over the library’s story time event hosted by a drag queen. The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly plans on Monday to consider whether to place on the fall municipal ballot the proposal, which was offered […]
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Ketchikan City Council declines to cancel drag queen reading at library | #citycouncil
Ketchikan’s City Council meets on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Screenshot by Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan’s City Council voted 5-2 Thursday to allow a drag queen story reading scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at the public library to proceed as planned. A drag queen is scheduled to read a book called “The Hips on the Drag Queen […]
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Alaska body overrides mayor’s veto of grant to pride group | #alaska | #politics
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The governing body of an Alaska borough has overwhelmingly reversed the mayor’s veto of grant funding to a group that provides support to the LGBTQ+ community. The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted 6-1 Monday to override Mayor Rodney Dial’s veto of $1,638 in grant funding to the Ketchikan Pride Alliance, the […]
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Alaska ferry ‘Malaspina’ sold in bid to give ship a new life | #alaska | #politics
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has sold the ferry named Malaspina to a business group in a deal aimed at giving the ship a new life and preventing it from being scrapped. The Malaspina, built in 1963, was one of the original ferries in the state’s ferry fleet. It was moored in […]
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